Farm bills: Shiromani Akali Dal holds core committee meeting, to protest across state on Sep 25

The Shiromani Akali Dal to protest under ‘sangharsh’ programme to get the agricultural Bills reversed including a Statewide ‘chakka jam’ on September 25. They will also conduct ‘kisan march’ from all three Sikh religious ‘Takths’ to Mohali on October 1 to hand over a memorandum for the President of India to the State Governor.

Delhi: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today announced a ‘sangharsh’ programme to get the agricultural Bills reversed including a Statewide ‘chakka jam’ on September 25 as well as a simultaneous ‘kisan march’ from all three Sikh religious ‘Takths’ to Mohali on October one to hand over a memorandum for the President of India to the State Governor.

A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the party’s core committee which was presided over by party President Sukhbir Singh Badal. It was also decided that the SAD President would visit various parts of the State to interact with the party cadre from September 26 to 29.

Disclosing this here, party spokesman Dr Daljit Singh Cheema said the core committee decided to hold a ‘chakka jam’ across the State on September 25. Party leaders and workers have been asked to hold the ‘chakka jam’ in all constituencies in league with farmers, ‘khet mazdoor’ and ‘arhatiyas’. The party will observe a three-hour programme from 11 am is at 2 pm. Party workers have however been asked not to come in the way of emergency services.

The core committee also decided to hold a ‘kisan march’ from all three religious ‘Takths’ of Sri Akal Takth Sahib, Sri Damdama Sahib and Sri Keshgarh Sahib on October 1.

While the SAD President would lead the march from Sri Damdama Sahib, former union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal would lead the march from Sri Akal Takth Sahib and Prof Prem Singh Chandumajr and Dr Daljit Singh Cheema would lead the march from Sri Keshgarh Sahib.

Senior party leaders would participate in the march. While Balwinder Singh Bhundur, Jathedar Tota Singh, Charanjit Singh Atwal, Jagmeet Singh Brar and Sikander Singh Maluka would participate in the march starting from Sri Damdama Sahib in Talwandi Sabo, senior leaders Nirmal Singh Kahlon, Bikram Singh Majithia, Gulzar Singh Ranike, Dr Upinderjit Kaur and Bibi Jagir Kaur would participate in the march starting from Sri Amritsar Sahib.

It was decided that the march would culminate at the Dussehra ground in Mohali following which a delegation of senior party leaders would give a memorandum to the Punjab Governor for the President of the country.

The core committee also decided to contact all like-minded regional parties across the country to evolve a joint strategy to forge a united fight to get the anti-farmer Bills revoked. It also resolved to pursue all logical steps to ensure the discrimination being meted out to the farmers was removed.